The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Monday, 3rd January 2022

There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 3rd January 2022. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Persistent animal gets exercise daily, using leads
AAcross 5:	A whale of a book	MOBYDICK
AAcross 9:	Lets out, or lets out again
AAcross 10:	Fancy a nut? Go for this sweet
AAcross 11:	Little Bo-Peep is cursory, for one?
AAcross 13:	Piece of luggage, one for Sherlock?
AAcross 14:	In the middle, putting very cheap item of jewellery
AAcross 17:	Move quickly to secure prison	DARTMOOR
AAcross 18:	Matter hard to press forward
AAcross 20:	Admitted a record holds information
AAcross 23:	Two strips of beach
AAcross 24:	Stars sit around, no lovers of red revolution
AAcross 25:	Ruin some poor Frenchman
AAcross 26:	Cut like a baby?
DDown 2:	Old writer is generally accessible
DDown 3:	Be gentler when developing this?
DDown 4:	Want to get rid of Dad?
DDown 5:	Craftsman sadly cremates partner	MASTERCARPENTER
DDown 6:	Discussing informally how to insist on remaining alive
DDown 7:	Money to make; not nice
DDown 8:	Unpleasantly damp feeling of tunnels with shellfish about
DDown 12:	Liqueur seen to spoil a small cloth
DDown 15:	Such relentless questioning of machine gun's capability	RAPIDFIRE
DDown 16:	Nobody accepts a little piece in any colour
DDown 19:	Horrified as a good speed is cut
DDown 21:	Little spikes: personally, I have 20
DDown 22:	Snag: first horse is missing and must be scratched